Support Worker
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Community Services · Dunedin, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25.08 - $30.43/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
Dunedin's surrounds are the setting for a trust that gives people with learning disabilities quality residential support in a community living model. It wants kind, dependable Support Workers for its Permanent Relief Team, full-time at 40 hours per week, and it prizes person-centred support, inclusion and being part of the community.
In this varied position, you help people with learning disabilities enjoy fulfilling, independent lives at home, in a warm and safe place, working days, afternoons, evenings, awake nights, split shifts and weekends. The role is open to applicants already in New Zealand with work rights. As an Accredited Employer, the trust is prepared to sponsor AEWV applications for appropriately experienced and qualified candidates (the job is approved at skill level 4).
Support work is about people skills, so describe the daily routines and personal care you have handled, any Certificate in Health & Wellbeing and the shifts you can cover. Keep the layout simple and get the layout right with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with everyday routines, including shopping, preparing meals and household chores
- Offer personal care in a respectful, safe way
- Take part in community activities and outings
- Promote independence, choice and wellbeing
- Stick to support plans and keep accurate records
- Work flexibly across a range of shifts
Requirements & Eligibility
- A respectful, person-centred way of supporting people with learning disabilities
- Good common sense and able to work independently
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, plus good computer skills
- Experience as a Support Worker / Caregiver / Healthcare Assistant in NZ, or a Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Level 2 or higher)
- Free for weekends and a range of shifts
- Full New Zealand driver's licence (essential)
- The right to work in New Zealand
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